This is the perfect fracture point for both anaolgies.
LLMs simulated more than simple autocomplete.
The autocomplete analogy is rebutting a different point: namely the fidelity of the simulation to reality.
This specific argument is valid. As sophisticated a simulation an LLM is, it is not “thinking” in the same sense we assume other people are thinking.
I am not making an argument about free will, or the uniqueness of human thought, just that the correspondence to how humans reach conclusions and how the simulation produces outputs do not match on a 1:1 basis; as a result attributing traits builds incorrect intuitions.
LLMs simulated more than simple autocomplete.
The autocomplete analogy is rebutting a different point: namely the fidelity of the simulation to reality.
This specific argument is valid. As sophisticated a simulation an LLM is, it is not “thinking” in the same sense we assume other people are thinking.
I am not making an argument about free will, or the uniqueness of human thought, just that the correspondence to how humans reach conclusions and how the simulation produces outputs do not match on a 1:1 basis; as a result attributing traits builds incorrect intuitions.